MEET THE RMR’S NCO’S: Master-Warrant Officer James Quesnel, CD

Master-Warrant Officer James Quesnel, CD

“MEET THE RMR’S NCO’S” IS A SERIES WHERE WE PROFILE A DIFFERENT NCO EACH MONTH FOR READERS TO GET TO KNOW THE FOLKS WHO MAKE UP THE ‘BACKBONE OF THE ARMY’

Westmount, Quebec – 01 April 2023: Back in November 2021, on the battalion review held in the armoury after the Remembrance Day service in Westmount, Master-Warrant Officer James Quesnel was officially badged into the RMR. It was a homecoming of sorts, given that he had spent nearly four years with Pointe-Claire Cadet Corps 2806 (RMR), attaining the rank of Cadet Regimental Sergeant-Major before he joined the reserves.

Master-Warrant Quesnel in the field. Photo credit: Jim Quesnel

His extensive military career has seen him qualify on pretty much everything an Infanteer can, from machine-guns to driving light armoured vehicles, to everything in between – and in May 2022 he was appointed as the Regimental Sergeant-Major of The Royal Montreal Regiment (RMR).

MWO Quesnel (left) accepts the RSM’s cane from CWO Leroux (right) in the presence of LCol Shone (centre). Photo credit: Corporal Laurent Ene.

MWO Quesnel graduated from Concordia University in 1992 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce and has taken graduate level courses at McGill University in Operations Management. Describing himself as a “classic Class ‘A’ Reservist, he currently works as a distribution centre manager for a craft brewing ingredient corporation, and he has even worked at Esprit de Corps (the Canadian Military magazine based in Ottawa).

Left to Right: GPE A Coy OC (Major Jonacz) and CSM (WO Quesnel) enjoying the balmy Valcartier weather in January 2020. Photo credit: Captain Carmossino

He first came to serve with the RMR in 2019 as the Company Sergeant-Major for the GPE Company commanded by (then Major) Lieutenant-Colonel Maciej Jonacz, and together they are the RMR’s Command Team.

In his civilian life, Master-Warrant Officer Quesnel lives in Montreal with his family and works as the Distribution Center Manager for Brewers Supply Group in Ville Saint-Laurent.

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